How bright is 2 lumens? Just what is that level of light good for? We give you real-life applications and comparisons to help you understand what levels of brightness certain quantities of lumens will deliver.
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A Lumen is a measure of the total amount of light emitted from a source.
2 lumens means the light has an intensity of 2 lumens of light.
When you are looking for how bright a certain light bulb or lighting product is, the number of lumens is what you need to use as your comparison.
Lumens is the unit measurement of brightness, with 1 lumen equalling the brightness of 1 candle, so 2 lumens have the brightness of 2 candles.
2 Lumens is a very low level of light. It’s suitable for the intimate light from candles and LED tea lights.
To compare how much light you get with different lumens levels, imagine a one-by-one meter room. If the room has an incandescent bulb that emits 2 lumens then it can illuminate that area to roughly 0.02 lux (depending on the reflectivity of surfaces in the room).
2 lumens is a low level of light but it can still be useful for the softest of accent lighting.
As 2 lumens LED products are predominantly decorative candles, they replicate the extremely warm white of fire at around 1000K and do not feel bright.
The cool white tones of an LED light with a color temperature between 4000K and 6200K will feel brighter to most people than the warmer yellowish hues of a soft white or warm white light, when both emit the same amount of illumination.
2 lumens looks more powerful in a dark space as the only source of light, producing enough light to faintly fill a space. However, this weak level of light is easily drowned out by other sources and is not useful for any practical purposes.
The LED tea light is a battery-operated replica of a single candle that provides decorative lighting in the home and intimate dining and bathing experiences.
1 lumen from these low-level lights is as bright as an actual tea light candle, so 2 tea lights together would create 2 lumens of brightness.
The brightness of a flameless flickering candle recreates the 1 lumen brightness of a real candle and often used in clusters to create variable lumen outputs.
So a pair would offer approximately create 2 lumens of light.
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The brightness of the light inside a Halloween pumpkin is also approximately 2 lumens.
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2 lumens to watts is approximately a 0.02W LED light source.
To convert 2 lumens to watts you need to consider the type of light source being used as the greater the efficiency the higher the lumen level created per watt of power used.
Although wattages are often used when describing how bright a bulb is, lumens are a more accurate measurement.
Useful comparative measurements often asked:
Lux can only be measured by knowing the distance and the area the lumens have to travel to.
2 lumens is 2 candlepower.
The degree of kelvin is the unit of measurement for color temperature, therefore there is no direct comparison between kelvin to the lumen. However, an impression of brightness will increase with a high degree of kelvin as the light seems colder and brighter to the viewer.
Lumens and Candela. Lumens is the total amount of light from a fixture. Candela is how much of that light from a fixture shines in one direction. So 2 lm would be less than 2 candela with the candela only quantified if the angle of beam width is known.
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